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Dragontail, that sounds awesome. Thanks for the tip! :mug:

Pellet hops... in a bag? I am... intrigued... This works well?

Thanks, Dude. I figure if it was good enough for the Dominion Cup in our home state, it's good enough for me.

Ready to put together my honey wheat. I have adapted B's Honey Wheat, so hopefully it will be tasty. (all numbers from Beersmith) Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: WLP320 Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.049 Final Gravity: 1.013 IBU: 19.2 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60...

Well, fermentation lasted a long time. Five days in, I still had bubbles every 4 or five seconds. So I let it sit for a bit. There was a TON of trub in the bottom - way more than with my porter. All the hop pellets settled out, I reckon. Certainly left my primary gunky enough! Racking...

Sorry - fixed my typo. It is a total of 6 lbs. DME I suppose it'll be OK, but my Beersmith calculations were very different. I made sure to set the final 4 lbs. of DME as "Add after boil." Maybe I just need to use the program some more...

Bear with me guys and girls, this might take a while. My first batch was a pre-hopped Cooper's kit. We won't mention it again. :D Next, a Brewer's Best kit Robust Porter that turned out delicious. Third was Edwort's Apfelwein, in Primary 1. So, my fourth brew was my own recipe for a...

Hey there. I brewed my Robust Porter back on February 9th (my thread about it is here), so I might be able to offer some help. I brewed a Brewer's Best Robust Porter kit, the recipe is in the thread. When I sampled from my hydrometer, after racking to secondary, it was not foul at all...

I'm pretty new at this, only been brewing for three months and am on my third batch. I started homebrewing because I wanted a hobby that wasn't about buying and collecting stuff. I'm a huge comic book fan, so I have plenty of those around the house. I'm in grad school, so I have three...

Hm. Well, my OG was a bit higher - 1.070, but I guess that's close enough for government work.

First batch is in the fermenter. 806

Put together my first batch of apfelwein tonight. 5 gallons of cider, 2 pounds of corn sugar, and a pack of Montrachet yeast. What should my OG be?

Success! This is one of the best porters I've ever tasted. It's sweet, but nowhere near a milk stout or anything. The maltiness is very powerful, and the roasted barley peeks through for just a hint of coffee flavor. Nice thick tan head, with decent head retention, too. Very yummy, and...

I've used both the glue stick and milk method. Both work great! For the milk, I used skim with a brush and very lightly applied to the back of the label. Just enough to get it damp, really. Slap it on the bottle, smooth it out, and you're good to go. Glue sticks work just as well, are...

Thanks for the shoulders to cry on, guys. :D His shop is http://jaysbrewing.com/catalog/ He's a great guy, and did a lot to bring me into the hobby in terms of advice, suggestions, etc. His prices are fairly competitive, and if you're in the Mid-Atlantic region, the shipping is probably...

Man, what a bummer. Getting ready to pick up stuff for my third brew today, and called over to my LHBS to make sure he was open. He's typically open Wednesday through Saturday, but his website will say if the store is closed on a particular day. He runs the shop out of his basement, so the...

Well, I'm ready to jump on the apfelwien bandwagon. Today I bought 5 gallons of Wegman's brand apple juice - ingredients are apple juice, apple juice concentrate, and ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Thursday, on my day off, a trip to my LHBS will net me the dextrose and Montrachet yeast that I...

2/28 - Bottling Day! Well, spent a couple of hours bottling today. I think I've got my process down, but man I can't wait until I get to sneak enough money aside to move to kegging. :D Took a sample, and the FG is still 1.012, so no fermentation went on the secondary. Not really sure...

Very true. With that said, I'm bottling my first complete batch almost completely in the 34oz clear glass bottles with flip tops that sell for $2 each. Since I plan on giving away most of my homebrew, that size (and price point!) makes sense as a gift.

Careful, now. Some of us don't just buy our bottles there, but work there as well. :D